Share

Getting Started for Administration

There are two administrative products for Autodesk Construction Cloud (ACC), Project Admin and Account Admin. This article has getting started sections for each product.

Getting Started in Account Admin

To start, account administrators should invite at least one other account administrator from the Members tool. Once you have other account administrators you can go to the settings tool to make some account permissions that are typically only set once. you can proceed in setting up your account using the various tools on the left. The order of the setup depends on preferences and personal requirements. For example, you could create a project because of the immediate need to get started. Alternatively, you could set up roles, companies, and project templates before creating a project. The tools can be grouped into 3 categories people related tools, project related tools, and advanced tools.

Project tools

  • Projects - As previously stated you can create projects and get people working when you need to, but may benefit from setting up roles and project templates ahead of time.
  • Project templates - Setting up project templates allows you to create projects with consistent configurations.
  • Library - Create templates for content to use in your projects. Similar to project templates it may be valuable to set up things like standard forms that will be used in your projects before creating the projects.

People tools

  • Members - You can add members and manage their subscriptions in Account Admin. If members are invited to a project and they access the project before a subscription is assigned a trial is automatically started.
  • Companies - You can add companies that you expect to work with, these companies can be used for permissions and workflows throughout ACC.
  • Roles - You can use the roles provided by default or create your own roles, these roles can also control permissions and workflows.

Advanced tools

  • BIM 360 admin - Business units can be configured in BIM 360's administrative console.
  • Apps - Connect any 3rd party apps that you intend to use with ACC.
  • Custom Integrations - You can add any applications that your company has developed to expand ACC capabilities.

Getting Started in Project Admin

To start, add any other project administrators that you would like to have managing the project. In Project Admin the main tools to prepare your project are the following:

  • Companies - Create or add the companies collaborating on the project. Since members are assigned companies this is a reasonable place to start.
  • Bridge - You can connect other ACC projects, this can be especially useful if partnering companies have their own instance of the project in ACC.
  • Notifications - Manage your notification settings before having members using the products to ensure a constant experience.
  • Settings - Add any project information that wasn't entered at the time of project creation. You can also create your locations that are used in various workflows.

Once those initial items are set up, you can start adding members, turning on their product access, and informing an account administrator that they need a subscription. If members access the products before they have been assigned a subscription they will automatically start a trial.

Was this information helpful?